iPad in ECE Project- Design considerations...

LEARNING-defining directions ...
Inevitable - using the iPad to customize learning. Issues to consider.. Preparing for school or life, or both?
Life: Mind in the Making Tips for Parents and Professionals: Promoting Essential Skills, MITM Common Characteristics of Learning Communities
Worlds Apart. One City, Two libraries, and. Ten Years of Watching Inequality Grow
CURRICULUM:
Head Start- on the Road to School Readiness, NHSA, A Briefing Paper on Dual Language Learning
Maine Early Childhood Learning Guidelines (under revision), Early Learning Standards & Guidelines, *Education Evolving:Maine's Plan for Putting Learners FIrst"
Young Children, Apps & iPad, Apps iPads and Young Kids podcast

INSTRUCTION:
Dual Language Learners- Educator Resources
AccELLerate- the quarterly review of the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition Young English Learners Winter 2012
Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) practices (Spanish)
Colorin Colorado
Head Start Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness , publications such as Strategies for Supporting All Dual Language Learners
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Quality Improvement Center
Portland Public Schools Language and Culture Bulletins
Revisiting Early Learning Standards with ELLs in Mind
Sylvia Ashton Warner's work on strengths (one philisophical viewpoint)
Teaching Spanish to Preschoolers (ideas can apply to learning English)

ASSESSMENT:
Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems
Assessing Young Children: Birth through Third Grade podcast

TECHNOLOGY:
NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center recently released a joint position statement Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8

ISTE NETS for Students
SAMR Model when considering app evaluation
Digital Learning Farm and iPad Apps- Langwitches Blog
iPad Support (and link to downloadable manuals, including overview diagrams, and in various languages)
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything-iPads in the Classroom (includes app eval rubric)
Mobilizing Learning with iPods, iPhones and iPads
TPACK- mapping the journey, what do we need for the trip?
NAEYC Technology and Young Children website

App Reviews and Recommendations: Starting points...
A Matter of App
Apple in Education
APPitic
Common Sense Media
I Education Apps Review
Kindertown
Jen's Gems Primary iPad Apps
Moms with Apps
Smart Apps for Kids

Free App Offerings:
Digital Storytime
iHeartthisApp

Resources for Families - Early Learning

Children:
RIF Leading to Reading and Semillitas de Aprendzaje
The Early Childhood Education Network
ESCORT ELL page
ELE- Early Learning Environment (resources and suggestions for use with children, some in English and Spanish). example;
Colorin colorado! Actividades para divertirse leyendo
Helping Your Child Learn in Two Languages
Math at Play
NAEYC Lesson in a Backpack (English and Spanish)
Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework
Raising Readers Parent Handout on pre-reading skills and Literacy Explorer Kits
Reading is Fundamental Let's Read as a Family and iLeamos en familia
Reading Rockets
Spanish Playground
US DOE Resources
Wonderopolis- thinking more deeply and discussing everyday "wonders"

Other MIgrant Ed and/or PreK "readiness" projects:
Abriendo Puertas: Opening Doors
Calistoga, California Bridges Program
Colorado Migrant Ed "Si Sail"

Adult Learning and ELL

http://voxy.com/ -This is a great online app but I am interested to see if it has offline potential